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[applause] >> and now, "bbc world news." laura: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. the shelves are empty and peopin are sufferinenezuela as a political power struggle continues. we are inside the couny, where shortages are everywhere. >> ayes to the right, 317. nos to the left, 311. -- 301. iaura: britain's parlment wants the prime minister to renegotiate her brexit agreement with the eu, but european leaders say there will be no new deal. prime min. may: we will now take this mandate for what and seek to obtain legally binding
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changes to the withdra agreement. laura: apple scrambles to fix a facetime bug that allows eavesdropping even if you didn't pick up the phone. laura: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. venezuela's opposition leader renewed his call for fre elections and said that people are living in a dictatorship. juan guaidó declared himself interim leader last week amidts growing protgainst nicolas maduro following disputed elections last year. at least 40 people are believed te have died in recent violence, according to the unations. many in the country lack basics like food and medici our international correspondent orla guerin entered venezuela undercover to send this report. orla: if you want to get a sense ofhe suffering in venezuel
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here is a good place to start. this was a once sprawling slum among many in the capital, caracas. traditionally the barrios were a bastion of support for president nicolas maduro. thbut in the back alleys, e accustomed to going hungry are now hungry for change. like this jobless mother of six whose children are part of a lost generation.o "when they bed without eating," she says, "they tell me their tummy hurts. i give them water and sugar because there is nothing else, and i lie beside them until the next morning when i try to find food." that is a constant struggle here. caracas is now a city of empty shves. you have to fill them secretly. hyperinflation means many cannot
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afford what food there is. a month's wages will only by -- buy three cans of coke. this is a nation in rvival mode, and for some, here is what that looks like. scavenging for food in the rubbish. outside a restaurant, we found john searching for scraps, as he does every day. he is in his 20's, a citizen ofr an oilh country rendered dirt poor. "we don't have a job with dignity," he says, "so we haveth ar go througrubbish. i would like to lesomething and be a better person, but i lwasn't born under aky star." so, many are looking to juan guaidó. the authorities now turning up thunheat on venezuela's oppositi leader, barring him from travel.
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when we met, i asked if he was risking more bodshed by calling for further protests on the streets. mr. guaidó: caracas world's most dangerous city in terms of murders per capita. it is dangerous just to live here. but because people have been mobilizing, they have caught the interest of the world and we art g support. protesting is a necessary risk. orla: juan pablo took that risk during the last majo antigovernment demonstrations in 2017. his parents have turned his room into a shrine. the 20-year-old played basketball for his country, and, they say, was killed trying to make it a better place. >> he washot at close range by one of the national guard. why didn't they shoot my baby in the arm or leg?
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they killed him because he wanted a future for his country. orla: like many here, alvira believes change is coming this time, and says that will bring her son solace. but she fears more of venezuela's young will pay with their lives. orla guerin, bbc news, caracas. laura: the suffering amid political cos in venezuela. , mp's votedonight to renegotiate with the eu over the brexit deal. to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic, a comproe se known as ckstop. mp's don't like it and now theresa may will try to get changes. but the eu said it is not open r renegotiation. all this as britain is due to leavthe eu on march 29 and faces crashing out if they cannot agree to the deal on offe
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here is britain's prime minister. prime min. may: tonight a majority of honorable members said they would supporal with changes to the backstop combined with measures to address concerns over parliament's role in the negotiation of the future relationship a commitments on workers rights where need be. it is clear that there is a route that can secure ata suial and sustainable -- substantial and sustainable majority in this house for leaving the eu with a deal. laura: for more, i was joined herlier by amanda sloat, a senior fellow atrookings institution. britain's prime minister is going to return to brussels to try to renegotiate a deal that brussels said it won't negotiate. can she succeed? amanda: no. insani is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. that is where we seem to be with the british position on the withdrawal agreement. laura: the latest twist in all
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of this is that mps are saying very firmly they don't like the backstop that was negotiated to get rid of the hd border between northern ireland and the irish republic. is brussels going to budge on that in any way, shape, or form? amanda: absolutely not. the president of the virginia council came out after the vote and said that it was not up for the negotiation,ey and second, ould not budge on the backstop for northern ireland. e e irish leader said this was absolutely a red lr them. laura: meanwhile, britain is due to leave the eu on march 29. it is almost february. do we have a real prospect of britain crashing out of the eu thout a deal? amanda: i think today's vote made that possibility more likely. theresa may is going to go back to brussels and ussels had already said they will not give her what she is asng for. she is due to return to parliament by february 13 ifhe does not have a revised deal,
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and i suspect you and i could be having this conversation two weeks from now. laura: but as washington looks at what is happening, clearly theresa may is trying to tell the brexiteers that this is your last chance, you have to vote for my deal, this is the only get to leave the eu.is otherwuncertainty prevails and i have to go back to brusselso ask for more time. es her gamble work? amanda: what is interesting about the her votes in parliamentrloday is that ment voted down an amendment that would have asked the eu for an extension, voted down an amendment that would veve been more binding on it no deal, and instead n advisory opinion and said that it wanted a renegotiat.n of a backst in a sense parliament has created a contradiction by refusing to support the one deal that could prevent the outcome they say they don't want, which is no al. laura: a very senior british politician, pro-european, former tacabinet minister, said b is in the throes of a constitutional crisis.
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does it look like that from here? amanda: the initial thought was l at parliament was going to seize cont the process, that it would demand it had the right to have votes on the enture on a series of diff alternatives. parliament clearly opposes no d deal, but not seize control or assert a definitive position on where they want to go. laura: what does this mean for britain's standing in the world as we approach the brexi britain is still in no and is -- u.n.mber of the u.s. security council. but how is it affecting britain's status? aminda: if you ask people wi the european union, they are becoming increteingly exaspewith the u.k. all of this is parliamentary churn in london that is not getting closer to a responsible brexit. for the united states, i clear that debates in london are solely on brexit, which means ey don't have the bandwidth to be an effective manner with the u.s. we other countries -- effective partner with the u.s.
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or otheral countries on gl challenges. laura: the referendum result was firmly, if narrowly, in favor of britain leaving the eu. but does what is going on parliament reflect the division .n the country? amanda: absolute as you say, it was very close referendum. 52-48. there are many calling for another referendum now although it could be close. your -- you are seeing that there is not a majority in ment for any specific ty of deal, and if you ask the british public, there probably is not going to be consensus around a single approach either. laura: a so much for joining us. amanda: thank you. in other news, the supreme court in pakistan has rejected a legal challenge to the acquittal of a christian woman who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy. basi had been on death row before her conviction was overturned in october. the ruling paved the way for her leave the country. spider-man returns.fr thch free climber has scaled one of manila's tallest towers in his latest high-risk
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asnt. police in the philippines were unimpressed and arrested him. the climber was nicknamed spider-man after climbing the sears tower, now the willis tower come in chicago in 1999. there was quite a crowd tside the d.c. federal courthouse today as roger stone long time political ally of president trump, appeared and pleaded not guilty to seven criminal charge i heaccused of false statements, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice, all stemming from the russia investigation. it is his communication wikileaks over stolen t ails me damage the clinton campaign which are under the spotlight. a brief time ago i was joined by our political analyst ron christie, who was an adviser to george w. bush. roger stone is pleading not guilty, but mueller said he lied about his attempts to find out what wikileay had on hillinton. how damaging is this to the president, whom stone is a longtime ally and advisor,
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albeit informally? laron: good evening to youa. i think you have to look at this in two steps -- one, the legal ramifications, and two, the political ramifications. legally from reading those indictments, i don't see any legal jeopardy for the president at this time. this is all about roger stone making comments tcongress about wikileaks and the information he was seeking. i don't think that directly plimates the president. politicallyin speak this is more of donaldru trump, the ia investigation, mueller on the headlines and the funds for this -- front lines for this administration, causing them a significant headache. laura: it is the burning atestion, ron, why would roger stone lie about himpts to find out what wikileaks had on hillary clinton? inn: because roger stone is a well-known figurhis town of wanting to be an individual who is in the know. he loves bragging about his access, or lack thereof, and he loves trying to be at the focal point of whateve politically is going on. here, simply put, i think he
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just lied. he embellished with the amount of information he wanted to look like he knew more than he actually did. laura: is there any chance that stone cooperates with mueller? ron: looking at his potential legal jeopardy of spending decades in prison, if i were his defense attorney iould encourage him to be as cooperative andth tl as possible this time around, lest rhe spend tt of his life in jail. laura: we have heard from the acting attorney general who said that robert eller is close to completing his investigation. is that what they want to hear in the white house? ron: i think they do, but at tth same tim are afraid of what the investigation's end results look like. does this have damaging information for the president? we are in the midst of the 2020 reelection cycd president trump does not need at this juncture a damaging report that could plummet his already low approval ratingsanith the amereople. laura: the white house has said and correctly that none of the indictments so far have been
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about collusion betwee trump campaign and russia. does t ron: i think it does offer some comfort. i think that if mueller had some runnection, some tie between president donald and russia colluding to impact the election, we would he heard about it right now. it has all been process.pr but if i am thident, you never know what these people might say to cooperate and lessen their sentence and put him in greater legal jeopardy. laura: do you think the mueller report will be made public for all of us to read?n: most of it. there will be sections of it redacted. democrats on capit hill want all of this made publicly. as a lawyer, i can tell you undoubtedly there is sensitive and clsified information into -- in there that shouldn'l't be made p how much does the public need to know vs. how much does it need to have redacted? laura: ron christie, thank you so much for joining us. ron: good to see you. laura: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's
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program, america's top security officials speak out on what they see as the greatest threat. russia and china cap the list. -- top the list. scandinavian countries have a cputation for leading the way in findiver ways to save the environment. it should come as no surprise that a swedish city has what may be the greenest shopping mall in the world. reporter: this shopping mall in sweden may look pretty normal, but look closely at the items for sale in its 14 specialist shops. you will realize there is something quite different about it. everything for sale is secondhand. the mall only sells items that cycled,ycled or up meaning items that are broken down and reinvented as something new. >> you can do sustainable shopping, and sweden loves it and the world once it. reporter: the clever thing about
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this mall near stockholm is its location. it is right next to the city recyclingenr. a steady stream of cars is already coming to drop off hunwantousehold items. this produces a regular supply of stock for the they sort everything into categories. canmall sh keepers pick things they want to sell or use as material for upcycling. one of the most popular shops in the mall specializes in hamade ornaments. is is its best-selling item, made from one of leather jackets. -- one out leather jackets. >> it is saving the planet. >> you can buy things other people that use anymore. it is good for nature and good for environment. >> in sweden we like to think about the environment, and
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shopping like this is good for the environment. soldter: in 2018, the mall secondhand goods worth $1.3 llmin, meaning unwanted items found new homes. laura: today america's top security chiefs appeared before congress to give their assessmentf worldwide threats. not surprisingly, russia and china were near the top of the list. >> the kmlin has aligned russia with repressive regimes in cuba, iran, north korea, syria, and venezuela, and moscow's relationship with beijing is closer than it has been in many decades. >> the cnese counterintelligence threat is more deep, more diverse, more veng, more challenging, more comprehensive, more concerning that any counterintelligence threat i can think of.
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ura: a brief time ago i spoke with a former defense departmeci of who is now at the center for american progress. t we hea intelligence chiefs warning of the cyber threats particularly from russia and china, saying that the two a powe more aligned than at any time since the 1950's. s how great is tategic risk? >> i think it is significant that cyber is the first thing mentioned in the report. in addition to the alignment between russia and china, it is the closest since the's, a really concerning trend. what is also concerning is that u.s. allies and partners are starting to seek independence in the united states and foreign policy. thtrajectories of allies a friends seeking to have a more independent approach to the world anthe adversaries getting closer is a very alarming trend. laura: also quite notable that the intelligen chiefs were not afraid to contradict the company decision especially on
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north korea, where dan coats said that north korea is not earely to give up nu weapons. kelly: i saw a lot of disconnect between where the dni is and the trump foreign policy is. whether it was north korea or iran and isis, there is a significant difference of opinion between where the countries are going and where the trump fogoign policy is g. laura: do you see that as part of the intelligence chiefs erving up to the pledge to speak truth to p kelly: absolutely. they are one part of a much broader foreign policy process. is not strange that the intelligence community will have the assessment and the foreign policy will be different fro the assessment, but what is striking is how deep the division is between the trump foreign policy priorities and where the inteigence community is. laura: what did you make of what the intelligence community had to say about the threat from the islamic state? mr. trump said they were defeated. but there was a slightly differentsn verdict,'t there?
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kelly: that's right. cthe intelligenmunity said there is 1000 isis fighters in osiraq and syria whoa threat to the united states and its allies. the president wants to point out a story of isis defeat, but there is a serious threat. still involv again, there is a difference between where the president's mindset is on these big issues and where the intelligence community is. laura: under normal s circumstances, what effe these intelligence assessments usually have on the actual making of policy within departmes? kelly: sure. i used to work at the national security council, and the intelligence community would usually come into the meeting on north korea or iran sed give an ment at the front of the meeting to say here is what we think of what the adversary is thinking or doing and what their capabilities are, and the input into the decision-making process arnd what your rategy would be. the question i have is whether these assessments are making themselves, making their way into our process whatsoevereand how theyeing counted in the process. it is clear to me that there appears to be not as much emphasis on what the
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intelligence community is saying. laura: now, watch out. your iphone could have been ceacting as a listening de due to a bug, it turns out that the facetime app was allowing eavesdropping. apple says it is working on a fix, but the glitch is another headache for the tech giant as the industry faces growing calls to protect ourrivacy. a brief time ago i spoke to the cnet fromitor of san franplsco. has always claimed that what happens on your iphone stays on your iphone. how damaging is this eavesdropping bug for the company? >> this is very bad. this is a shocking situationer we have the possibility of someone being able to turn on your microphone without you knowing on your iphone, your ipad, your mac. this is unbelievable that it
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happened and has gotten out of here in the public before apple says it is able to fix it, which itays is later this week. laura: isn't this going to make users ev more concerned than we even were about whether our data is truly private? ian: i think what it really tells us is that all of these tech companies, with increasing complexity, means that they need to step up their game. and we see this all over the place. we see facebook not monitoring people taking data out of the system well enough, we are seeing a lot of criticism ofgo le by the european union. now we have apple, which has this crazy bug going on. it means that these companiesmo need to ge on the ball. it definitely does not help apple at all because their marketing has been very much around this idea of we are not like the rest of silicon valley, we have better privacy, and then this happens. inso they have to fix thatof perception. laura: this comes at a time when apple has seen weak financial
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results and there seems to be saturation in the iphone market. is the shine coming off them a little bit? ian: it definitely can feel like that to some people. look, everyone has been watching for years to see what is the maximum number of iphones apple sell. everyrt q it felt like it couldn't get bigger, and when does the law of large numbers kick in? now it seems like they have leveled off around the same number, tens of millions of iphones per quarter. but it is going tog be interest see how this company grows in the future. one of the things they always talked about before the iphone came out, never count ouapple. certainly i would never bet against em this time. we will see what they come up with in the future to see if they grow again. laura: before all this happened with the bug, tim cook, apple's ceo, t need for privacy protections. is he saying that to get ahead
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of congress before they force them upon the tech industry? ian: apple has mada bet that if a lot of privacy protections come down on silicon valley, they will be a winner. part of that is they don't have the same advertising system that facebook and google rely un. they are able to make this casey publicly that re better at this stuff than the other companies, and they are not entirely wrong. but this type of big bug andak other mi they made -- you remember they went against thece fbi over cs about hacking an iphone of a terrorist -- all of these types of things could draw regulatory attention in their direction. but for the most part they could be on the winning end of any regulation that comes down on haivacy. laura: you for being with us. ian: my pleasure. laura: remember, you can find much more on all the day's news at our website. to see what we are working on at
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captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour night: threat assessment. the heads of u.s. intelligence outline the dangers poseby china, russia and iran. then, searching r a way out. britain's parliament votes on competing plans to leave the european union, before a looming deadline. plus, school districts are required by law to provide services for students with special needs. but, not all meet those requirements. and when schools fail students with special needs from military families, the results can be devastating. >> i was responsible for the heth and welfare for 3,000 sailors, plus 2,000 additional atployers on our ship. and even though as stressful, it was more stressful for me to think about mywa daughter, whnot being taken care of by the public

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